OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook

OECD’s annual statistics and projections for major agricultural commodities. It analyses how global and domestic forces are shaping agricultural markets over the next decade and highlights some of the risks and uncertainties that may influence the agricultural outlook. After presenting a broad overview of the situation and setting out the assumptions used, the report presents detailed projections for production, consumption, trade, stocks, and prices for OECD countries as well as selected non-member countries. Commodities covered include cereals, oilseeds, sugar, meat, and dairy. Since 2005, it has been published as the OECD/FAO Agricultural Outlook.

The sixth edition of the OECD Agricultural Outlook analyses the major forces that will shape agricultural markets for the main temperate zone products up to 2005. With farm prices remaining at depressed levels in many OECD countries, this book provides the reader with valuable information on market trends and commodity projections, shows how these are influenced by government policies, and highlights potential pitfalls and uncertainties that may influence the outlook. Tables provide detailed commodity projections to 2005 for production, consumption, trade, stocks and prices in OECD countries and selected information on other countries including China, Argentina and the NIS.